the loyal
King Lear is a timeless tale about justice and loyalty. In his play, Shakespeare proves the concept that life isn't always fair with nearly all of the protagonists perishing along with the antagonists. Throughout the play, Shakespeare develops a strong empathy from his readers towards characters such as Cordelia, Edgar, Gloucester and Kent. The only wrongdoing these characters had was putting their faith in the wrong person. Cordelia had faith that her father would come around in time to save his kingdom and themselves, unfortunately that was not the case. Cordelia was hanged before Lear found his sanity. Edgar placed his faith in his brother Edmund, in turn it was his brother that betrayed their father. Gloucester never received justice during his life, his fault was being loyal to Lear. When Regan and Goneril discovered this loyalty thanks to his bastard son Edmund, he was blinded and then kicked out of his own home. Finally, Kent was extremely loyal to his employer King Lear. He was outspoken which initially had him banished from England, but he disguised himself as Caius to ensure that King Lear would always be in good hands. Two of the people he was trying to protect most inevitably died and the play ends on the note that sorrow caused his own death. King Lear expresses to audiences that life is unfair sometimes but it can always be worse.